// Prompting the user for Score (Numerical Grade)
System.out.println("Kindly input Numerical Score:    (Enter s to Skip)");

// reading the input into the line variable of string datatype
String line = input.nextLine();

// checking if line =="s" or =="S" to skip, otherwise
// the value is parsed into a double

if("s".equals(line) || "S".equals(line))
{
}else try
{
        score = Double.parseDouble(line);
        System.out.println(score);
} catch( NumberFormatException nfe)
{

}